Enjoying the sky’s descent to earth

the sky is sunny and silent. Suddenly, it is overcast with clouds. And then starts the turmoil. Dark clouds running hither and thither manifest the conflict. Thunder and lightning add fury and fire. The downpour enacts the climax. All forces fight tooth and nail. And now the rain relents. All passions spent, calm prevails. The sun shines again with the rainbow superimposed.

On the ground, sitting by the window and watching the rainfall, seeing people getting drenched or huddling together under one umbrella, listening to the rhythmic pitter-patter of drops, smelling the scent of wet soil,enjoyingthebreeze,savouring sizzling snacks, and longing to be with one’s beloved, all this weaves romance in the air.

Monsoon, in fact, has a magic that makes everything mystic and majestic, greener and gorgeous, fabulous and fantastic. It washes not only all the nooks and crannies, it showers the spirit and sprinkles solace. As Shakespeare compares mercy to rain, we can well call the rain the divine mercy that “dropeth from heaven, upon the place beneath”.

Let us welcome monsoon, the holy harbinger of rich harvest and a promise of peace and prosperity. May we continue to rejoice and revel in rains and rainbows, and say with John Updike, “Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.”

RAIN IS INDEED NATURE’S SUPREME GIFT. IT REDEEMS HUMANITY FROM THE HORRORS OF HEAT AND SPREADS COOL AND CALM ALL AROUND. NO WONDER MONSOON IS ASSOCIATED WITH LOVE AND ROMANCE, DANCE AND DRAMA, MUSIC AND POETRY